Saturday's Blaze of Lights parade will be one to remember. Over 80 units will make up the parade, according to Junior Weihrauch, parade coordinator. Weihrauch has been working on this year's parade since this summer.
The parade forms at 4 p.m. on Saturday at The Centre, 601 N. Main St. The parade starts at 5 p.m. and the route is south on Main Street through the business district where it disbands at College Avenue.
The Bluffton Post Office will hold a passport day at Marbeck Center from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 1. The event will take place in the Kreider Room.
Persons wanting a passport must bring a certified copy of a birth certificate and one photo ID, and two checks or two money orders for payment.
A basic adult passport fee is $150. Passport photos will be taken on site.
Persons with questions may contact the Bluffton post office.
The United States Postal Service's elimination of the Lima processing facility is causing problems with the Village of Bluffton.
Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, told council on Nov. 22 that problems began when mail started going to Toledo instead of Lima for processing.
The specific problem centers on mail payments from customers paying online. Those payments, at no fault of the utility customers, are notoriously late from the online payment source. An automatic late fees kicks in against the utility customer on those late payments.
The Bluffton Lions Foundation Blaze of Lights Harlan's barbecue chicken dinner will be served at the Bluffton Elementary School, 102 S. Jackson St., from 4-7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 27.
The price of each dinner is $7. Dinners may be eaten inside the school or persons may use the carry-out service lane by accessing the entrance to the drive through lane at the intersection of Jackson and Vine streets.
The carryout drive through lane will be marked by a series of red cones and illuminated signs.
It doesn't seem like 50 years ago...but it it. Here's a view of the 1961 Bluffton Centennial parade. Click on the image to enlarge and you may even find yourself in this photo,
For the second yearin a row, BFR will sell gift cards for Texas Roadhouse Restaurants. This year, $15 and $25 value cards are on hand at the facility. In addition,pre-paid orders can be made at the building for $50 gift cards or for a large quantity of $15 and $25.
Pre-paid orders will be returned within aweek of the order. BFR, a non-profit organization, will receive 10% for each card sold.
Gift Cards can be purchased at BFR, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton between from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday through the holiday season.
Beginning Monday, Nov. 29, community members are invited to remember or honor their loved ones by donating a dollar or more to place an ornament on the Bluffton Public Library's holiday tree. The ornaments will serve as reminders for lives well-lived as well as in honor of those still living.
All funds received will go toward the library's Buck$ for Book$ campaign to purchase new materials for the library. Each community member's donation is a lasting gift in support of literacy.
While he was still in high school, Jerry Lewis set four goals for himself, including to become a faith-based business owner. He just didn't think it would be in the restaurant business.
But several years later, when his brother, a McDonald's operator in their native Zanesville, Ohio, told him he needed help at the restaurant for a couple months, Lewis decided to lend a hand. After 10 years of work in various positions at McDonald's, he realized he had "ketchup in my veins," and the Bluffton, Ohio, resident hasn't looked back since.
